Re: boot file for laptop

[David Rittenhouse <kb8ync@xxxxxxxx>]

Yes you can use the hard drive as master, and boot off the floppy, also
when your taking it apart, watch for hidden screws and the case snaps
together in front where the plastic is very thing (it breaks very easily)
Dave




On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jim Pharis wrote:

> AHHHHHH... i wish i had read this email that I accidently missed before. I 
> just posted another "AHHHHHH why isnt this working!"
> 
> thats so stupid that they did that. Why the heck would they do that???
> 
> Im going to have to disect the laptop
> 
> Can I use the harddrive alone as master??? Then I can just boot to floppy
> 
> Thanks Dave
> 
> Jim Pharis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > > The only way to install linux on it (that i know of) is to pull the HDD
> > > and put it into a desktop then install it, that series of laptops will
> > > only let you boot off of a 720k floppy, even though it is a 1.44meg
> > > floppy, I had the same problem so i went to toshiba's site and searched
> > > for my laptop (T1950cs) and thats
> > > where i found that it only boots off of 720k disks
> > > Dave
> 
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